Tim Merlier: Difference between revisions

| name = Tim Merlier

| fullname = Tim Merlier

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Kortrijk]], [[Flanders]], Belgium

| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 74 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|SOQ}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|[[Cyclo-cross]]}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2011–2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MNG|2011}}

| proyears2 = 2015–2016

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CRV|2015}}

| proyears3 = 2017–2018

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|VWC|2017}} ''(road)''

| proyears4 = 2017–2018

| proteam4 = Crelan–Charles ''(cyclo-cross)''

| proyears5 = 2019

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|PSV|2019}} ''(road)''

| proyears6 = 2019–2020

| proteam6 = Creafin–Tüv Süd ''(cyclo-cross)''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.creafin-fristads.be/nieuws-detail.php?id=72|title=Timo Kielich tweede in Baal, Eva Lechner pakt vijfde plaats|language=nl|trans-title=Timo Kielich second in Baal, Eva Lechner takes fifth place|work=Creafin–Fristads|publisher=Veldritpromotie Morkhoven|date=1 January 2020|access-date=3 January 2020|quote=Tim Merlier eindigde 9de, Gianni Vermeersch elfde. [Tim Merlier finished ninth, Gianni Vermeersch eleventh.]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103221933/https://www.creafin-fristads.be/nieuws-detail.php?id=72|archive-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>

| proyears7 = 2019–2022

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|COC|2019}}<ref name="cor">{{cite news|url=https://www.corendon-circus.be/website/single-news.php?id=914|title=Tim Merlier per direct naar Corendon-Circus, Fransman Antoine Benoist wordt stagiair|language=nl|trans-title=Tim Merlier goes directly to Corendon-Circus, Frenchman Antoine Benoist becomes a trainee|work={{UCI team code|COC|2019}}|publisher=Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA|date=11 June 2019|access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/02/alpecin-fenix-selectie/|title=De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"|language=nl|trans-title=The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"|work=[[Sporza]]|publisher=[[VRT (broadcaster)|Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie]]|date=2 January 2020|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|title=Alpecin-Fenix|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103222800/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|archive-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>

| proyears8 = 2023–

| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|SOQ|2023}}

| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}

In 2015, he joined {{UCI team code|CRV|2015}}, where he had his first notable result in a road race, placing third in [[Schaal Sels]]. The following year, he took his first pro road win at the [[Egmont Cycling Race|Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem]].
[[File:Harelbeke_-_E3_Harelbeke,_27_maart_2015_(F02,_E3_Sprint_Challenge).JPG|thumb|Merlier at the start of the [[2015 E3 Harelbeke]].]]
Following this win, he transferred to [[UCI Professional Continental]] team {{UCI team code|VWC|2017}} for the 2017 season. In his second season with the team, he took two stage victories and the points classification at the [[Danmark Rundt]].<ref>[https://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_qui-est-tim-merlier-le-favori-des-championnats-de-belgique?id=10259592 Qui est Tim Merlier, le favori des Championnats de Belgique ?]</ref>